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Lemann, Nicholas; Whitman, David – Public Interest, 1991
Comprises "The Underclass and the Great Migration" (N. Lemann) and "The Migrants' Tale and Ghetto Culture" (D. Whitman). Lemann's book "The Promised Land" discusses the Black migration to northern U.S. states. Whitman argues that Lemann exaggerates the Black sharecropper's contribution to the development of the…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Population Trends, Blacks